{"id":1492,"date":"2014-12-31T19:34:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/fun\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2014-12-31T19:34:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T17:34:45","slug":"foreign-phrases-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Phrases with a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winners of a New York Magazine contest who were asked to take a well known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter and provide a definition for the new expression:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rigor Morris:<br \/>\nThe cat is dead.<\/li>\n<p><li>Respondez S&#8217;il Vois Plaid:<br \/>\nHonk if you&#8217;re Scottish<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Harlez-vous Francais?:<br \/>\nCan you drive a French motorcycle?<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Veni, Vipi, Vici:<br \/>\nI came, I&#8217;m a very important person, I conquered<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Veni, Vidi, Visa:<br \/>\nI came, I saw, I shopped.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Cogito Eggo Sum:<br \/>\nI think, therefore I am &#8230; a waffle<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Que Sera Serf:<br \/>\nLife is feudal<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Leroi est Mort. Jive Leroi:<br \/>\nThe king is dead. No kidding<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Post Mortem:<br \/>\nDeath styles of the rich and famous<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Pro Bozo Publico:<br \/>\nSupport your local clown<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Monage a Trois:<br \/>\nI am three years old<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Haste Cuisine:<br \/>\nFast French food<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Quip Pro Quo:<br \/>\nA fast retort<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Aloha Oy:<br \/>\nLove; greetings; farewell; and from such a pain you should never know<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Mazel Ton:<br \/>\nTons of luck<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Visa la France:<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t leave your chateau without it<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<p><li>Carne Diem:<br \/>\nSeize the meat<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winners of a New York Magazine contest who were asked to take a well known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter and provide a definition for the new expression: Rigor Morris: The cat is dead. Respondez S&#8217;il Vois Plaid: Honk if you&#8217;re Scottish Harlez-vous Francais?: Can you drive a French motorcycle? Veni, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[492,663,1471],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dictionaries","tag-definitions","tag-foreign-phrases","tag-twisted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}